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sullow

/ˈsʌləʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sul-low
IPA
/ˈsʌləʊ/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sully.

Transitive verb

noun

A plough.

Etymology

From Middle English sulwen, solwen, solewen, variant of Middle English sulien (“to sully”), or representing an unrecorded Old English *solgian (“to soil, sully”), related to Old High German solagōn (“to soil, sully, make dirty”). More at sully.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sulwen, sulien, *solgian, *selk-, solow, sulh

Usage

Inflected Forms

sullows (present, singular) sullowing (participle, present) sullowed (participle, past) sullowed (past) sullows (plural) sull (alternative) sowl (alternative) zool (alternative)

Synonyms

befoul defile sowl assoil beclart bedaub bedirty imbrue (especially with blood) bedizen befile befilth begrime

Rhymes With

nullo

Questions

How do you pronounce sullow?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌləʊ/.
What does sullow mean?
To sully.
Where does sullow come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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